COTTER v. BOWEN

No. 88-5338.

879 F.2d 359 (1989)

Tobias J. COTTER, Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. Smith, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

Esther R. Scherb, Baltimore, Md., for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and LARSON, Senior District Judge.


LARSON, Senior District Judge.

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion in refusing to apply a multiplier to "enhance" an attorney's fee award under section 206(b)(1) of the Social Security Act. See 42 U.S.C. § 406(b)(1).

Section 406 is a parens patriae limit on the amount of fees an attorney may receive from a disability claimant, usually an individual of limited resources, who suffers...

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